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1. Charlotte Sonnenberg papers
1988.41.1 Box 1 Folder 1 Image 3
Document | Accession Number: 1988.41.1 | RG Number: RG-10.275
Date:
inclusive: 1938-1941
…Charlotte Alexander (1910-1999?, née Lichtendorf) was born on 22 January 1910 in Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany to Regina and Emmanuel Lichtendorf…
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 … following Kristallnacht, identification cards of Charlotte’s from Leipzig, Germany and Shanghai, China, and a photograph of Herbert’ tombstone in Shanghai…
2. Oral history interview with Walter Schnell
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1989.A.0323 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0206
Date:
interview: 1989 June 28
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Walter Schnell, born on April 16, 1904 in Strehlen, Germany (Strzelin, Poland), describes his family and childhood; going to study crystal and…
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 … Schnell. And I was born on April 16, 1904. Q: OK. Where? A: In Strehlen. This is Silesia...is the province of Silesia in Germany. Q: Thank you. A: You…
3. Oral history interview with Ernest G. Heppner
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1989.H.0315 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0095
Date:
interview: 1989 May 10
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Ernest G. Heppner, born in 1921 in Germany, describes his experiences with antisemitism in his youth; participating in a Jewish youth organization…
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 …. Christkiller and especially, you see in Germany, the profession of your father follows you. So any time you started a new class and the teacher would call the…
4. Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 1 krone note, acquired by a Jewish refugee
1989.243.54 back
Object | Accession Number: 1989.243.54
Date:
issue: 1943 January 01
…Ernst Günther Heppner (later, Ernest Guenter,1921-2004) was born in Breslau, Germany (now Wroclaw, Poland), to Isidor (1878-c.1942) and Hilda (nee…
5. Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 2 kronen note, acquired by a Jewish refugee
1989.243.55 back
Object | Accession Number: 1989.243.55
Date:
issue: 1943 January 01
…Ernst Günther Heppner (later, Ernest Guenter,1921-2004) was born in Breslau, Germany (now Wroclaw, Poland), to Isidor (1878-c.1942) and Hilda (nee…
6. Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 5 kronen note, acquired by a Jewish refugee
1989.243.56 back
Object | Accession Number: 1989.243.56
Date:
issue: 1943 January 01
…Ernst Günther Heppner (later, Ernest Guenter,1921-2004) was born in Breslau, Germany (now Wroclaw, Poland), to Isidor (1878-c.1942) and Hilda (nee…
7. Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 10 kronen note, acquired by a Jewish refugee
1989.243.57 back
Object | Accession Number: 1989.243.57
Date:
issue: 1943 January 01
…Ernst Günther Heppner (later, Ernest Guenter,1921-2004) was born in Breslau, Germany (now Wroclaw, Poland), to Isidor (1878-c.1942) and Hilda (nee…
8. Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 20 kronen note, acquired by a Jewish refugee
1989.243.58 back
Object | Accession Number: 1989.243.58
Date:
issue: 1943 January 01
…Ernst Günther Heppner (later, Ernest Guenter,1921-2004) was born in Breslau, Germany (now Wroclaw, Poland), to Isidor (1878-c.1942) and Hilda (nee…
9. Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 20 kronen note, acquired by a Jewish refugee
1989.243.59 back
Object | Accession Number: 1989.243.59
Date:
issue: 1943 January 01
…Ernst Günther Heppner (later, Ernest Guenter,1921-2004) was born in Breslau, Germany (now Wroclaw, Poland), to Isidor (1878-c.1942) and Hilda (nee…
10. Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 50 kronen note, acquired by a Jewish refugee
1989.243.60 back
Object | Accession Number: 1989.243.60
Date:
issue: 1943 January 01
…Ernst Günther Heppner (later, Ernest Guenter,1921-2004) was born in Breslau, Germany (now Wroclaw, Poland), to Isidor (1878-c.1942) and Hilda (nee…
11. Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 100 kronen note, acquired by a Jewish refugee
1989.243.61 back
Object | Accession Number: 1989.243.61
Date:
issue: 1943 January 01
…Ernst Günther Heppner (later, Ernest Guenter,1921-2004) was born in Breslau, Germany (now Wroclaw, Poland), to Isidor (1878-c.1942) and Hilda (nee…
12. Medal and a ribbon bar pin awarded to a Jewish refugee in Shanghai
1989.243.71_b front
Object | Accession Number: 1989.243.71 a-b
Date:
received: 1941-1945
…Ernst Günther Heppner (later, Ernest Guenter,1921-2004) was born in Breslau, Germany (now Wroclaw, Poland), to Isidor (1878-c.1942) and Hilda (nee…
13. Blanket issued to a Jewish refugee in Shanghai
Object | Accession Number: 1989.243.271
Date:
received: 1945 August
…Ernst Günther Heppner (later, Ernest Guenter,1921-2004) was born in Breslau, Germany (now Wroclaw, Poland), to Isidor (1878-c.1942) and Hilda (nee…
14. Shanghai Volunteer Corps badge issued to a Jewish refugee in Shanghai
1989.243.272 front
Object | Accession Number: 1989.243.272
Date:
issue: 1940-1941
…Ernst Günther Heppner (later, Ernest Guenter,1921-2004) was born in Breslau, Germany (now Wroclaw, Poland), to Isidor (1878-c.1942) and Hilda (nee…
15. Shanghai Volunteer Corps badge issued to a Jewish refugee in Shanghai
1989.243.273 front
Object | Accession Number: 1989.243.273
Date:
issue: 1940-1941
…Ernst Günther Heppner (later, Ernest Guenter,1921-2004) was born in Breslau, Germany (now Wroclaw, Poland), to Isidor (1878-c.1942) and Hilda (nee…
16. Shanghai Volunteer Corps nightstick issued to a Jewish refugee in Shanghai
1989.243.274 front
Object | Accession Number: 1989.243.274
Date:
issue: 1940-1941
…Ernst Günther Heppner (later, Ernest Guenter,1921-2004) was born in Breslau, Germany (now Wroclaw, Poland), to Isidor (1878-c.1942) and Hilda (nee…
17. Ernest G. Heppner papers
Document | Accession Number: 1989.243.322 | RG Number: RG-10.236
Date:
inclusive: 1929-1980
…Ernst Günther Heppner (later, Ernest Guenter,1921-2004) was born in Breslau, Germany (now Wroclaw, Poland), to Isidor (1878-c.1942) and Hilda (nee…
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 … Settlement) – Volunteer Corps Jews – Germany – History – 1933‐1945. Jews – Austria – History – 20th century. Jewish refugees – Germany. Jewish refugees…
18. Oral history interview with Ilse Kaye, Robert Kaye, and Helga Franks
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1989.346.18 | RG Number: RG-50.031.0018
Date:
undated: 
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Ilse Kaye (née Hoffman), born in 1921 in Breslau, Germany (now Wroclaw, Poland), describes her family history; being raised in a liberal Jewish…
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 … lived in Germany, in eastern part of area. Upper Silesia. Remembers absolutely no anti-Semitism in youth. Father in clothing manufacture. Mother with two…
19. Oral history interview with Martin Moses
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1989.346.85 | RG Number: RG-50.031.0085
Date:
interview: 1988 June 26
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Martin Moses, born on February 5, 1928 in Deutsch Krone, Germany (now Walcz, Poland), describes his family history in Deutsch Krone; his first memory…
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 … Skokie, Illinois. We're going to begin our interview with Mr. Moses with some information about his early years in Germany. Mr. Moses, can you begin by…
20. Leo Arnfeld papers
1990.16.99 Box 1 Folder 2 Image 17
Document | Accession Number: 1990.16.99
Date:
inclusive: 1920-1958
…The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.…
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 … (Poland) Hongkou Qu (Shanghai, China) Kōbe-shi (Japan) Munich (Germany) Vilnius (Lithuania) Photographs. CONTAINER LIST Series 1: Biographical materials…
21. Peter and Berta Victor papers
1990.114.74 Box 1 Folder 27 Image 31
Document | Accession Number: 1990.114.74
Date:
inclusive: circa 1900-1991
…Peter Max Victor was born in Munich, Germany, on April 19, 1920, the only child of Carl Nathan and Elsa Alexander Victor. Carl was born in Gusten on…
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 …, Peter’s relatives, their pre-war lives in Germany and Austria, Peter’s time in Shanghai, and their immigration to the United States. https://collections…
22. Erwin Marx papers
1990.283.13 Box 1 Folder 6 Image 1
Document | Accession Number: 1990.283.13 | RG Number: RG-28.011
Date:
inclusive: 1937-1970
Special Collection:
Save Their Stories
…Erwin Marx was born in 1895 in Freiburg, Germany, to Julius Marx (1865-1925) and Anna Schoenthal Marx (1870-1941). Erwin waa textile merchant. He was…
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 …, and restitutions papers documenting Erwin Marx, a merchant from Freiburg, Germany, his refuge in Shanghai, and his efforts to obtain restitution after…
23. Oral history interview with Gerhard Levy
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1990.338.41 | RG Number: RG-50.037.0041
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The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Dr. Gerhard Levy, born in 1928 in Wollin, Germany (Wolin, Poland), describes his father having a large clothing store and being a German veteran from…
24. Oral history interview with John Friedmann
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1992.A.0125.29 | RG Number: RG-50.233.0029
Date:
interview: 1993 April 12
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…The cataloging of this oral history interview has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.…
25. Oral history interview with Felicia Broh
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1992.A.0126.6 | RG Number: RG-50.156.0006
Date:
interview: 1983 April 12
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Faigel Broh (nee Pinchas), born May 13, 1904 in Breslau, Germany (Wroclaw, Poland), describes her parents; her family’s religious practices as…
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 …'s fine. Faigel yeah. When were you born? May 13, 1904. In what town and country were you born? I was born in Germany. The town was Breslau. And that was…
26. John and Harriet Isaack papers
1992.53.45 Box 1 Folder 3 Image 24
Document | Accession Number: 1992.53.45
Date:
inclusive: 1930-1991
… costume seamstress Harriet Bondy (1909-2003), born in Hohenlimburg to Hermann and Olga Bondy. The couple married in 1937 and left Germany for Shanghai…
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 … documenting the Isaack’s escape from Germany, life in occupied Shanghai, and immigration to the United States. Languages: English, German, Chinese…
27. Sirota family papers
Document | Accession Number: 1992.126
Date:
creation: 1939-1947
… immigration of Johann Sirota, Alice Sirota, and Horst Sirota from Berlin, Germany to Shanghai, China in 1939 and the United States in 1947.…
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 …) 479-9717 e-mail: reference@ushmm.org Sirota Family Papers Inventory 1. A passport for a stateless person, issued to Johann Sirota in Berlin, Germany…
28. Anita Heller papers
Document | Accession Number: 1992.128
Date:
creation: 1939-1947
… Social Services (Jüdische Arbeiterfürgorge Wanderfürsorge) regarding Walter Kempinsky to the Staatspolizei in Breslau, Germany (now Wrocław, Poland).…
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 …, Germany, May 16, 1939. 4. Passport issued to Walter Kempinsky in Breslau, Germany, May 16, 1939. 5. High Holy Days Schedule, Jewish Congregation, Shanghai…
29. Walter Schnell papers
Document | Accession Number: 1992.171
Date:
inclusive: 1938-1939
…Walter Schnell (1904-2008) was born on April 16, 1904, in Strehlen, Germany (Strzelin, Poland) to Alfred (b. 1863) and Betty (b. 1880, née Löwenberg…
30. Edith Bredehoft papers
Document | Accession Number: 1993.136
Date:
inclusive: 1938-1945
…The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.…
31. William Malsh papers
1994.A.0027.1 Box 1 Folder 28 Image 15
Document | Accession Number: 1994.A.0027.1
Date:
inclusive: 1915-circa 1993
bulk: 1937-1941
… sources differ as to whether they were sent to Theresienstadt, Łódź, or Auschwitz. Uncle Ernst managed to escape Germany to Shanghai in 1939.…
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 … William Malsh papers consist of letters his parents sent him from Düsseldorf describing their efforts to escape Nazi Germany. Additional correspondence…
32. Bernard Frum papers
1994.A.0136 Box 1 Folder 3 Image 1
Document | Accession Number: 1994.A.0136 | RG Number: RG-10.152
Date:
inclusive: circa 1929-1960
Special Collection:
Save Their Stories
…Bernard Frum (b. Bernhard, 1914-1975) was born in Berlin, Germany to Gershon (1878-c.1944) and Lea Frum (née Polinkowsky, 1877-c.1944) and had two…
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 …, a diary, and immigration documents relating to Bernard Frum and his wife Lucy Frum’s escape from Germany to Shanghai during the Holocaust as well as…
33. Hertha Wolff Hellmann papers
1994.62 Box 1 Folder 10 Image 11
Document | Accession Number: 1994.62
Date:
inclusive: 1899-1952
…The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.…
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 … collection http://collections.ushmm.org Jews‐‐Germany‐‐Berlin. Jewish refugees‐‐China‐‐Shanghai. Jewish children in the Holocaust‐‐China‐‐Shanghai…
34. Alfred and Ellen Lewis papers
1995.A.0250 Box 1 Folder 5 Image 1
Document | Accession Number: 1995.A.0250
Date:
inclusive: circa 1910-circa 1959
…Ellen Katz (1923 - ) was born to Martin and Edith Katz in Berlin, Germany. She was a student at the time of the Kristallnacht, when her parents…
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 …. Ellen Katz (1923 ‐ ) was born to Martin and Edith Katz in Berlin, Germany. She was a student at the time of the Kristallnacht, when her parents decided…
35. Rudolf Abraham papers
1995.A.0335.1 Box 1 Folder 2 Image 24
Document | Accession Number: 1995.A.0335.1
Date:
inclusive: 1938-1947
…Rudolf Abraham was born in 1908 in Durboslar, Germany, to Marcus and Bertha Kaufmann Abraham. Marcus owned a successful butcher shop. In 1933, the…
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 … Jewish man from Germany, he was arrested and taken to Sachsenhausen before being freed and fleeing to Shanghai, where he eventually procured a visa to…
36. Henny M. Simon papers
Document | Accession Number: 1996.A.0059
… Hannover, Germany, to Shanghai in 1941; and the donor, Henny Rosenbaum Simon, whose typed testimony shows she was deported to Riga from Hannover in 1941, and…
37. Oral history interview with Ernest G. Heppner
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1996.A.0474 | RG Number: RG-50.549.01.0023
Date:
interview: 1996 September 13
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Ernest Heppner, born in 1921 in Germany, describes the ceremony at the end of the war in Shanghai, China and the jobs he and his wife held with the…
38. Heinz Praeger papers
Document | Accession Number: 1997.A.0187.2
Date:
inclusive: circa 1918-2018
bulk: 1939-1947
…Karl Heinz Praeger (1911-1997) was born on July 7, 1911 in Berlin, Germany to Siegfried (1880-1943) and Rosa Praeger (1877-1939). He had an older…
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 … Abstract: The Heinz Praeger papers include biographical materials, photographs, and printed materials documenting Heinz Praeger, his prewar life in Germany…
39. Oral history interview with Willie Nowak
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1997.A.0441.45 | RG Number: RG-50.462.0045
Date:
interview: 1983 May 09
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Willei Nowak, born August 1, 1908 in Berlin, Germany, describes his family of liberal, Austrian Jews; his father, who owned a tobacco factory in…
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 …, side one: JF: Mr. Nowak, can you tell me where and when you were born, and a little bit about your childhood? WN: 1st of August, 1908, in Berlin, Germany…
40. Oral history interview with Walter Silberstein
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1997.A.0441.69 | RG Number: RG-50.462.0069
Date:
interview: 1981 November 09
interview: 1981 November 17
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Walter Silberstein, born November 9, 1902 in Stargard, Germany (Poland), describes being the son of the only rabbi serving around Stargard; studying…
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 … Stettin. Today it is Polish. JF: At that time it was Germany? WS: Yes. JF: Can you tell me a little bit about your family? WS: My father was a rabbi in…
41. Oral history interview with Werner Glass
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1997.A.0441.83 | RG Number: RG-50.462.0083
Date:
interview: 1992 April 07
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Germany--Personal narratives.…
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 … tell me something about your life in Germany before the Nazi era, including your birth date and place, residence, name, of course, education, religious…
42. Oral history interview with Herbert Broh
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1997.A.0441.102 | RG Number: RG-50.462.0102
Date:
interview: 1999 October 15
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Herbert Broh, born in Berlin, Germany in 1930, relates several experiences of abusive antisemitism by his friends and his teacher as well as his…
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 … us where and when you were born and a little bit about your family? Yeah, sure. I was born in Berlin, Germany in 1930, and my family lived in Berlin…
43. Oral history interview with Ilse Awin
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1997.A.0441.145 | RG Number: RG-50.462.0145
Date:
interview: 1991 October 19
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Ilse Awin (née Mechlowitz), born on December 31, 1925 in Munich, Germany, discusses the anti-Jewish laws and antisemitism in Germany in the mid-1930…
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 … #: GC00032a Libr. Catlg. #: Not assigned yet Restrictions: None SUMMARY Ilse Awin, nee Mechlowitz, was born December 31, 1925 in Munich, Germany into a…
44. Oral history interview with Ilse Awin
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1997.A.0441.146 | RG Number: RG-50.462.0146
Date:
interview: 1999 October 14
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Ilse Awin (née Mechlowitz), born on December 31, 1925 in Munich, Germany, discusses the anti-Jewish laws and antisemitism in Germany in the mid-1930…
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 … ‘Rickshaw Reunion” of Shanghai survivors in Philadelphia. Ilse Awin was born December 31, 1925 in Munich, Germany to a family who held Polish passports. She…
45. Oral history interview with Ursula Becher
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1997.A.0441.155 | RG Number: RG-50.462.0155
Date:
interview: 1999 October 15
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Ursula Becher (née Hilsch), born on March 17, 1924 in Berlin, Germany, discusses her experiences with antisemitism and the anti-Jewish laws in…
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 … Record #: GC00042 Libr. Catlg. #: D 810.J4 G7 #33 Restrictions: None SUMMARY Ursula Becher, nee Hilsch, born March 17, 1924 in Berlin, Germany and was an…
46. Oral history interview with Willie Berg
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1997.A.0441.165 | RG Number: RG-50.462.0165
Date:
interview: 1999 October 15
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Willie Berg, born on December 10, 1926 in Berlin, Germany, discusses his experiences with antisemitism in pre-war Germany; leaving on Kristallnacht…
47. Oral history interview with Warner J. Bergh
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1997.A.0441.166 | RG Number: RG-50.462.0166
Date:
interview: 1999 October 16
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Warner J. Bergh, born on August 14, 1923 in the neighborhood Schöneberg in Berlin, Germany, discusses his early life in a Jewish section of Berlin…
48. Oral history interview with Inge Booker
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1997.A.0441.178 | RG Number: RG-50.462.0178
Date:
interview: 1992 February 06
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Inge Booker (née Brann), born on January 30, 1923 in Berlin, Germany, discusses the Nuremberg laws; being forced to attend a Jewish school in 1935…
49. Oral history interview with Alfred Brosan
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1997.A.0441.185 | RG Number: RG-50.462.0185
Date:
interview: 1991 December 05
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… Kristallnacht for Shanghai, China; traveling via Trans-Siberian Railroad from Berlin, Germany to Shanghai; arriving in Shanghai December 1938; his family…
50. Oral history interview with Ralph Eisenstadt
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1997.A.0441.217 | RG Number: RG-50.462.0217
Date:
interview: 2004 June 17
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Ralph Eisenstadt, born on June 21, 1928 in Dortmund, Germany, discusses Kristallnacht; travelling to Italy via train, then on to Shanghai, China via…